RC Přelouč is a Czech

Czech Republic

The Czech Republic is a landlocked country in Central Europe. The country is bordered by Poland to the northeast, Slovakia to the east, Austria to the south, and Germany to the west and northwest....

 rugby

Rugby union

Rugby union, often simply referred to as rugby, is a full contact team sport which originated in England in the early 19th century. One of the two codes of rugby football, it is based on running with the ball in hand...

 club based in Přelouč. They currently play in the KB První Liga

KB První Liga

-Results:The scores in blue are links to accounts of finals on the site of the Czech Rugby Union - in Czech ...

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History

The club was founded on 16 June 1974 by Leopold Blachut, Jiří Mít and Jiří Franta out of the former Dukla Přelouč military team. They played their first match on 14 September 1974 against Slavia Prague B in Prague, eventually losing 35-41 after trailing 9-11 at half-time.

In 1987 the club undertook its first overseas tour, to France.

They qualified for the first ever KB extraliga back in 1993, after beating Bystrc

RC Bystrc

RC Bystrc is a Czech rugby club in Brno. As the name implies, they are based in the Bystrc district of the city. They currently play in the KB Extraliga, having won the KB První Liga in 2008.-History:...

, (then known as Lokomotiva-Ingstav Brno), and Olomouc

RC Olomouc

RC Olomouc is a Czech rugby club based in Olomouc. They currently play in the KB První Liga.-History:The club was founded in 1953. It started when Milos Dobrý, a former Czechoslovak international and the last president of the Czechoslovak union, moved to Olomouc from Prague in 1951...

in qualifying matches.

In 1998 the club withdrew from the 1998/99 season after three rounds due to lack of players and financial difficulties.

External links

• RC Přelouč
• 80 let Českého Ragby (80 years of Czech Rugby)